Proof Morgan dollar?

Good Morning everyone, this Morgan is incredibly beautiful to me. it looks like a proof to me. although I,m sure there are none. but I think comes very close. I have a few of these here. but this ones my fav. Anyone feel like grading it for me? have a great day...heres a few pics

 

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couple more pics

 

Ms63/64 ....Typical early San Fran issue, not a proof.The majority of classic proof coins were struck at the Philadelphia mint.

 

It's not a proof Morgan. The S mint mark on the reverse is the give away. Proof Morgan's have no mint mark and are made in Philadelphia. This one while a nice example of a Morgan is an 1881S which plenty of members here as well as me appreciate but no proof. Have a good day.

 

Yeah ^ what he said. Miller time is early today.

 

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I should change my name to drunken Miller man,

 

Can't really be sure from the pics but a proof-like designation might not be out of the question though

 

It is just a very nice, shiny 1881s Morgan dollar--one of the most common dates available in MS condition. Cannot ascertain PL status from photographs that poor, but it is just a nice, bright Morgan. There are many like that, and you have a nice MS coin. All Morgan proofs were Philadelphia mint, and looking at one, they cannot be confused by nice, bright frosty business strike coins--a totally different look to them.

 

Thanks for the feedback all, I didn't know there were proof Morgans. I will have to look around, to find a pic of one. Bet they are awesome...

 

This has a good chance of a proof like designation hard to tell from pics. Many 1879-81-s Morgan dollars are proof like to some degree. I'd call this one ms 62-3 from the pics

 

Typical beat up Morgan from those thousands of "S" mint bags sold at near face value in the vault sales of 1963.

 

This is the image of an 1895 Proof that was posted on another thread. Scroll down to #10.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cr...s-a-yn-opportunity.274273/page-3#post-2379762

Chris

 

A nice looking Morgan I give it a 65+.

 

I would agree on that--MS 63 PL in all probability. Hard to tell from poor pics, though.

 

Actually...I'm pretty sure there are indeed branch mint proofs for Morgan dollars...maybe not in Frisco but in NO there were some...right?

edit to add: Yup...look here

http://coins.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?Ne=46&N=51+790+231+382+573+1585

 

Very few.

 

With all evidence presented, I think it may be a first strike perhaps, explaining the luster. Struck from a very nicely polished die?

 

Not necessarily. Lots of 1881s coins are very well struck.

 

Not at all. Coins of this quality were the expectation for early San Francisco Morgans. They are by far the most common Morgans in high grade. The one you've pictured here is essentially "par for the course."

 

Dang, and I thought this was awesome coin